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    3. 堀

    堀

    堀ほり

    ditch

    N1KMT8Freq #1285Nature & EnvironmentHome & HousingKanji11 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ほり

    On'yomi

    クツ

    Nanori

    ほっ

    ditchmoatcanal

    土屈

    土
    尸
    山
    凵

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    掘塀崛圸倔屠窟域掘塀崛圸倔出祟

    Concepts using this kanji

    堀

    moat

    堀江

    canal

    堀川

    canal

    外堀

    outer moat (of a castle)

    用水堀

    irrigation ditch

    小堀流

    kobori

    堀切り

    man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle)

    空堀

    dry moat

    堀割

    canal

    深堀り

    digging deeply (below the surface)

    外堀を埋める

    to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective

    外堀が埋まる

    to be clear of obstacles in the way of one's objective

    横堀

    moat

    内堀

    inner moat

    堀散らす

    to dig up messily

    堀り鼠

    pocket gopher

    竪堀

    ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope

    釣り堀

    fish pond (artificially stocked)

    堀端

    side of a moat

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 凵
    • 土
    • 尸
    • 山

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    • 外堀
    • 堀
    • 堀り鼠
    • 堀散らす
    • 堀川
    • 内堀
    • 釣り堀
    • 堀割
    • 堀端
    • 堀江
    • 空堀
    • 用水堀
    • 小堀流
    • 竪堀
    • 堀切り
    • 横堀
    • 外堀を埋める
    • 深堀り
    • 外堀が埋まる

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    • 祟

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